Most US hospitals will never see a case of Ebola, but they face other more common – and potentially lethal – infections every day. Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) are “major causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States,” according to the CDC. From 2009 through 2011, the CDC tracked nosocomial infections in the HAI and Antibiotic Prevalence Use Survey, a three-phase, point-prevalence nationwide survey. Also, visit the CDC’s Safe Healthcare blog for relevant medical studies and updates on infection-prevention quality in hospitals around the country.
